Sarcodina	Ciliophora	Zoomastigophora	Sporozoa
Motility	Pseudopodia	Cilia	Flagella	Immobile
Examples	Amoeba	Paramecium	Trypanosoma, Trichonympha	Toxoplasma
Habitat/ Lifestyle	free living; bottom dwellers. scavengers in rivers, lakes, streams; some parasitic	free-living; marine or fresh water	some parasitic; free-living in lakes and ponds	all parasitic; live in body fluids of host
Structure	jelly-like; changes shape	covered by hard pellicle (shell)	whip-like tail called flagella	all parasitic; live in body fluids of host
Nutrition	decaying organic matter; phagocytosis, absorption	takes in food through oral groove and mouth pore	whip-like tail called flagella	conical top
Reproduction	binary fission; can form cysts under adverse conditions	binary fission; conjugation	binary fission	complex life cycle involves many hosts, sexual and asexual phases
Significance	causes amoebic dysentery		Trypanosoma lives in blood of host; causes African sleeping sickness; transmitted by tsetse fly. Trichonympha lives in the gut of termites with bacteria to convert cellulose to soluble fiber	Plasmodium causes malaria. symptoms include fever, anemia, destruction of RBCs

	Chlorophyta	Phaeophyta	Rhodophyta	Chrysophyta	Pyrrophyta	Euglenophyta
Meaning of Name	green algae	brown algae	red algae	golden brown algae	fire algae	true eye
Examples	Chlamydomonas Volvox Spirogyra	Macrocystis	Sebdina	diatoms	dinoflagellate	Euglena
Habitat	aquatic; moist terrestrial areas	marine	marine	marine; fresh water	marine	fresh water
Structure	unicellular; colonial; filamentous; thalloid	multicellular (large)	multicellular (smaller than brown algae)	unicellular; colonial	unicellular	unicellular
Food Storage	starch (located in pyrenoid)	laminarin	starch	oil	starch	starch
Significance	food producer; plankton; important part of food chain	used in ice cream, sherbet, cream cheese to give a smooth, stable consistency	carageenan used in cosmetics, gelatin capsules, cheeses; some produce calcium carbonate for coral reefs	silica in shells used in abrasives, detergents, paint removers, fertilizers (diatomaceous earth); responsible for bulk of world’s photosynthesis	red tides (population explosion), produce toxins that cause respiratory problems in humans if ingested (usually by eating shellfish)	both plant and animal like characteristics

	Zygomycota	Ascomycota	Basidiomycota	Deuteromycota	Lichen
Common Name	terrestrial molds	sac fungi (largest group)	club fungi	imperfect fungi
Examples	black bread molds (Rhizopus)	truffles, morels, yeast, penicillium; powdery mildews	mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts	ringworm, athlete’s foot, yeast	reindeer moss
Structure	rhizoids: hyphae used for anchorage and absorption of nutrients	spores formed in sac (ascus)	visible portion: fruiting body composed of stalk, cap, and gills		crustose lichen (bare rock); foliose lichen (leaflike); fruticose (shrubby). mutualistic relationship between algae and sac fungus
Significance	found on fruit, bread. whitish or grayish in appearance	yeast cause bread to rise; blue green molds used in cheeses, produce antibiotics; responsible for chestnut tree blight; Dutch elm disease	mushrooms collected as food; rusts and smuts are parasitic fungi that attack grains	Candidia albicans responsible for thrush, moniliasis	pioneer species: can survive harsh environmental conditions. indicator species: extremely sensitive to air pollution

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